Jay Z Sued for Sampling 1960’s Funk Song

Clearly, this isn’t Jay Z’s best week ever. A day after reports surfaced that the rap mogul is being investigated by the baseball union for giving Yankees player Robinson Cano a pricey gift, he’s now being sued for allegedly sampling an old funk song without permission. When it rains, it pours.

According to the New York Daily News, Hov was hit with the copyright-infringement lawsuit Wednesday (Nov. 6) by TufAmerican Inc., a re-issue label that owns catalogs of rap, soul, funk and jazz recordings.

The label claims in their suit that Jay Z illegally sampled a 1969 funk song ‘Hook & Sling’ by Eddie Bo for his 2009 hit single, ‘Run This Town,’ which also features Rihanna and Kanye West. Hov’s label, Roc-A-Fella Records, as well as Atlantic Records, are among the companies named in the suit.

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